Shackleton Base: Journey to the Moon

Board game in Italian. Running time: 60-120 minutes. Players: 1-4. Ages: 14+.

A permanent base is being built in Shackleton Crater . In this exciting space-themed management board game , you take on the role of a space agency committed to expanding its influence on the lunar base, while three major corporations sponsor the mission with specific plans and requests.

At the start of each match , 3 companies are randomly selected from the 7 available , each with unique mechanics that modify scoring and available actions, making each challenge different and highly replayable.

The game is divided into 3 rounds , each divided into 3 phases:
🚀 Shuttle Phase – Choose a Shuttle tile to determine the type of astronauts you can use and the turn order.
👨🚀 Action Phase – the heart of the game: deploy your astronauts on the Moon to collect resources , build structures or finance projects .
🔧 Maintenance Phase – manage your dashboard, send astronauts to work, collect income and pay maintenance costs.

At the end of the rounds, Victory Points are counted to determine which space agency was most successful in colonizing Shackleton Crater.

📦 Box contents:

• 1 scoreboard

• 12 Boards

• 116 Wooden Pieces

• 77 Cards

• 436 Tokens and Tiles

• 11 Boxes

• 7 Company Cards

✍️ Authors: Fabio Lopiano, Nestore Mangone
🎨 Illustrations: David Sitbon